Although they don’t believe their efforts stand much of a chance, with Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate, House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against Donald Trump on Wednesday.

CNN reports that the five articles of impeachment introduced by Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen cover obstruction of justice for the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, two emoluments clause violations, undermining the independence of the federal judiciary and undermining the freedom of the press.

Cohen, who is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Constitution subcommittee, said, “The time has come to make clear to the American people and to this president that his train of injuries to our Constitution must be brought to an end through impeachment.”

He also acknowledged the limitations of his proposal, adding, “I don’t expect the House Judiciary Committee, which is operated like a branch of the administration, to take up hearings.”

This is one of those things where we have to be very careful with what we wish for. If Trump were to be impeached, we would be left with Mike Pence, and that is an even worse alternative.

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Trump is a bumbling idiot; Pence is a cold, calculating politician with years of experience trampling on people’s civil rights and infringing on the reproductive rights of women. A Pence presidency could make the Trump presidency look like a cakewalk.

It’s like the difference between Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games.

Which America would you want to be in?

If Trump goes, we have to find a way for him to take his creepy friend with him.